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Shared Files and Directories


The BI components deployed in a clustered environment must share certain files and directories as described below. A shared storage device such as NAS or SAN may be used. Refer to the topic Shared Files and Directories for important considerations for the shared disks.

Presentation Catalog

  • Create a network share for the Presentation Catalog. All instances of BI Presentation Services in the cluster must have read and write access to this share.
  • Place the Presentation Catalog on the network share.
  • Reference the shared Presentation Catalog as \\FS-HOST\OracleBIData\web\catalog\customCatalog, where customCatalog an example of the catalog name.

Repository Publishing Directory

  • Create a shared directory for the Repository Publishing Directory. The Master BI Server must have read and write access to this directory. All other BI Servers must have read access.
  • Reference the shared network share for the Repository Publishing Directory as \\FS-HOST\OracleBIData\ClusterRpd.

Cluster-Aware Cache

  • Create a shared directory for the global cache. All BI Servers must have read and write access to this directory.
  • Reference the shared global cache as \\FS-HOST\OracleBIData\ClusterCache.

Scheduler Scripts

  • Create network shares for the Scheduler scripts. The Scheduler servers must have read and write access to this share.
  • Reference the shared Scheduler scripts as \\FS_HOST\OracleBI\Server\Scripts\Common and \\FS_HOST\OracleBI\Server\Scripts\Scheduler.
  • Copy default and custom Scheduler scripts from to the corresponding network shares created for the Scheduler scripts.
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